Combined air-pressure release and cover for bottles and the like



Sept. 25,1923. 1,468,886

T. W. SLACK COMBINED AIR PRESSURE RELEASE AND COVER FOR BOTTLES AND THELIKE Filed Nov. 13. 1922 Suva do;

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oer/reruns AilvPB-ESSUEE sun cover-siren r ser-ems 'ipplicatiqnlfiled'Il'0 '-J'fill381 l 22 /122momzma 000 206110 I r -e known that l, THOMASW. SLACK, a I Zen of the United Statesgresid Fort V orth, in the-eoun ofTarrant and State of Texasghave in. ented certain new and usefullrnprmemem in COInhinedAir-Pres sure Releases and Covers for Bottlesand. tho li e, of which the following is a specification. l

pressure re 10 My invention relates to air lease devices and covers forwater bottles he like; and the object is to provide .mple devices "foraiding in pouring water ircnibottles and for closing theinouths ofthehottles. It is well known in bottles or Jess sniall outlet ports forwill gurglei'hile being equent-ly the liquid will wn on the leer orother (Q1156 of lis isthe. air object of this invention is to one devicewhich ran be pro 7 .i'; and which will automatthe air p1 re ant. toattach a coveirtor the hottleor the obi-sets eiul advent es will be etellowing description articularly like. -"Oth fully explained in and theinvcntionw ll be more p pointed out in theclaiin V Reference is lied tothe accompanying; drawings which form a part ot this appli-- cation. 7Fig. l is a side e1 tion of the devices, shown applied toa bottle necl;ancl a'por tion of the body, partly in sectionQ Fig'. 2 is a frontelevation of the devices; Fig. 3 is a plan View of a bottle, showing thede-. vices applied to the bottle and thelid thrown bael: out ofelosingQposition. 1'

Similar characters-0f reference are used to indicate the same partsthroughout the several views. p The air-release includes a bent tube 1which is to be projected downinto thebottle 1 end at the opposite sidefrom the direition of the. tilting of the bottle. The tubel is held inplace in the bottle necliancl mouth by a spring which has two'arms 2which bear against the. interior of the bottle neck and which bear-onthe opposite side of the.

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3, 211 no. eeejaeef neckf'fr om the tube 1.. A 150 5-3 formedthe upperpart ot the wire and this loop 3'} rests on top of the bottle w-il p ithe spring from going downintothe bottle.

The :spring is soldered or otherwise fattached tothesiclesef the tube 1;The tube 1 is thus SJiQlV mounted-Lin. the neelz and mouth. of thebottl'eand l'will not he dis-f lodged in "pouring liquid from. thebottle.

of the Wire. The, wire 2 may he soldered spring will hold the tube 1 inplace. device canreadily be mounted and removed .or otherwise attachedtethe tube fll The froni't ie bottle. The'1naini 'unctiohxot the.

tube 1 is to admit air into the bottle for re-. lievingthe air pressure.w-ll hen this is done the water or; otherliquid in the bottle will runout in a steady stream and will run freely, not being retarded-byair-pressure The lid or cover 4- will rest looselylon the mouth 0-15 theliotfrle for closingthe. bottle.

lilo; down Thelid 4 oan he swung'b'aek and h 1'...+,; 'i.*".1:, -1'.while water is seine pouieo or the lid be pressed open by the flowingwater teapproximately the dotted outline position of changes in, thesizes, proportions," construcdown the tubeinto the bottle when .the

Fig, 1. relative to the mouth of the-"bottle while the waterI- ispoured. "Various '80 1. tion and arrangement of the. parts niaybedeparting from my 'ln'pTBIlbottle is tilted to pour out-water or otherliquid. The lower end'ot the tube will, never: loeuncler the surtaceofthe liquid when the hottle or other receptacle is tilted in the op whereit isnot wanted.

What I elaini, 'is;

1. An air-pressure rele V the like comprlsinga bent tube open at'bothends andi'projecteddov'vn f into the" bottle and a bent spring havingsloop resting on aser for bottles'and loo bottles an 10p of the bottleand having a portion of the Zn-ins attached to the side of the tube andthe free ends bearing against the 0ppusittside of the bottle neck.

An airn e ssure releasei' and lid for (1 the iike coinprising an openbent tube projected down through the neck of a bottle into the b0tt1e,espring having a loop resting 011 top of the bottle and having p01;

tions of the arms attached to the tube and

